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The Rupert and Eithne Strong Award DLR Poetry Now 2008
DLR Poetry Now – International Poetry Festival Thursday 3rd – Sunday 6th April 2008
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Poetry Now Festival are pleased to announce that Louis de Paor will act as the judge for the 2008 Rupert and Eithne Strong Award.
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and DLR Poetry Now Festival are delighted to continue their association with The Rupert and Eithne Strong Award. The award is made possible by the generous support of the Strong family in memory of the lives and work of Rupert and Eithne Strong. First collections published in English or Irish by Irish presses or by Irish writers in 2007 are eligible, and the winner will be announced at the Strong Reading which will take place at the DLR Poetry Now Festival.
Louis de Paor is one of Ireland’s foremost poets in the Irish language. He has been involved with the contemporary renaissance of poetry in Irish since 1980 when he was first published in the poetry journal Innti. Since then his collections which include Aimsir Bhreicneach/Freckled Weather, The Gaelic Hit Factory,and Cúpla Siamach an Ama have received critical and public acclaim.
“Every year, the Strong Award acts as a prism for the diverse and exciting output of emerging Irish poets and in 2008 we are privileged to have the poet and critic Louis de Paor as our judge.”
Belinda McKeon Curator DLR Poetry Now
For more information and details on eligibility and entries please contact:
Carolyn Brown, Producer DLR Poetry Now
cbrown@dlrcoco.ie or (00 353 1) 271 9532
or Laura Larkin lauralarkin@dlrcoco.ie or (00 353 1) 271 952
The Arts Office, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
